The Sun. — London, England, 1838-03-14 00:00:00

OPENING of the LONDON and BIRMING HAM RAILWAY. VISITORS to BIRMINGHAM will find every DOMESTIC COMFORT, on the MOST ECONOMICAL TERMS, at the PUMP COMMERCIAL TAVERN (opposite the Old Church) BULL RING. It is within five minutes walk of the Post-office, and all the Public Buildings. THOMAS EVANS, Proprietor. " . ~......... ./ 01 , 147,,,, , • ;90 1 5 144, 40. 3 1 . t ., 1 11-11‘) . ••• . , S . ° 1) :,21„/ - ... " r ,,_ i \ . 4 iik:t . ' ',,_... ~,,:•• _ •<; . • el ~,- _ ~ . A ~, . 4 ,. , esk --- , , ~. . S.' ... _ ~. 4 - .,ii .. ,..-,, , :f'- , it , i c..." - %- Y \ ~ -,1.:- / A ,<F 4 -_.•_-' 7 : . ,' . ; .)'' , Y . •-- , - - i" . ~19. ko're,,,;,b ...,,, ~. ,4,.. _. ~.., '44 ~. 0 ~..-c,...6 , - , ,‘' 4, lei k --iti( ti ... ,, ,- - z - .._-, _,...*,- , T l - fl ab IN-do. 1 -0.) ~.., ,, w , vt j ,,, .i ..1, , t ,` ~,---o— t ; . , _ ,9 , ,m» -1:, 01 T ~..2.0 N4, - .. -- 1.:' , - --,;;;1.44; ' / 4 0 1 - , -', 0 ..,,,.\. __ _ --.- . ra, r.t a T - 1 t C rill T) Ir T - UM Ci - 71 - r -‘,.. r!, T L.l ' 1 •.:71 - 11717 1 - " ,, C1 -1 ,011:? P(1 D A. rii Li TN C, H W' WI IT W EST OF ENGLAND FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE OFFICE. Instituted at Exeter, 1807. Among the Advantages offered to the public are a Share in the Profits, without liability of Partnership, a Reduced Scale of Rates, and Claims Liberally Settled. Office for London, 20, Bridge-street, Blackfriars. JAMES ANDERTON, Resident Manager. SALEVY AUCTION. GLAIIORGANSIIIRE. Very ifapeesant SALE of OAK TIMBER, upwards of 10,000 TREES. MR. ADAM MURRAY will SELL by AUC TION in Lots, at the Ship and Castle Inn, Neath, on WEDNPADAT, Marsh 28, 18118 (unless an acceptable ffer be made for the Land and Timber, by private treaty, of which due notice will be given), Capital SHIP-BUILDING TIMBER, fit for the navy and merchant service, standing near the Neath and Swansea Junetien Canal. the sea-port of Neath, and the Swansea Canal. William Hunter, at Longford-eottrt will show the Timber ; and for further particulars apply to Messrs. Murray Tattersall and Mur ray, surveyors and land-agents, 47, Parliament-street, London. Catalogues will be ready early in Marsh. Letters to be post-paid. EXTENSIVE STOCK of CHOICE WINES in BOTTLE ; also WINES in WOOD and in BOND, the sale arising out of a dissoluti on of Partnership. MR. GEORGE ROBINS is instructed to OFFER for UNRESERVED SALE at his Auction Rooms, in Covent-garden, on MownAr next, and following day, at Twelve, the STOCK of very rare and lie WINES of Messrs. HART, AVELINE, and CO., lying at the Cellers wider St. Martin's Poorhouse, Castle-street, Leicester-square, a couoern many years established, and celebrated amongst an exten sive connection for the excellent judgment displayed in the selection of the w i nes. The Stock ineludes many renowned vintages of Port Wine, superior East India Madeira and Sherry, and a large portion of incomparable Hock ; viz , Rudesheimer, Marcobruner, and Steinberger of the highest class, vintage 1822, claiming the espe cial notice of the connoisseur, viz.:- 5,30 0 Bottles of fine old-crusted Port Wines, of renowned vint ages, and from celebrated shippers. 1,200 Bottles of superior Brown and Pale Sherries. 9 80 Bottles of rare old East and West India Madeiras. 2,600 Bottles of incomparable old Hock, the Rudesheimer; vint age 1822. 2,020 Bottles of ditto, Mareobruner ; vintage 1822. 1,500 Bottles of ditt6; Stoinberger ; vintage 1822. And Smaller Quantities of very choice Claret, Sauterne, Calca vella, Lisbon, &c. tire. THE STOCK OF WINES IN WOOD in the London and St. Katherine's Docks comprises, 1 pipe, 4 hogs heads, and 2 quartersasks of Noble's splendid Old Port ; 1 hogshead of Sherry, 2 hogsheads and 2 quarter casks of Bucellas, 4 pipes and 3 hogsheads of Lisbon, l double aum of Hock. The Guisenheim aid 1 single aum of very superior "Marcobrimer, 3 pipes, 5 Hogs heads, and 5 quarter casks of ver . z superior Marsala Wines. The collars, which arc under 'St. Martin's Poorhouse, may be in spected daily, and samples obtained: oatalogues had a week previous at the cell ars : o f R. Lucas, Esq., solicitor, 42, Bloomsbury-square ; and at Mr. George Robins's offices, Covent-garden. FREEHOLD, LIMEHO USE. M ESSRS. ELLIS and SON respectfully ac quaint the public, they are directed to SELL TION, at Garraway's on TnuasnaY, the 3th of April, aFREE HOLD MESSUAGE and PREMISES, desirably situate, No. Sg, Broadway, Limehouse, in the county of Middlesex, with front age of 21 feet by 87 in depth. The house contains six upper looms, shop, with parlour at the back, kitchen, wash-house, tad other buildings; now in the occupation of the proprietor, but of which immediate possession may be had. To be viewed, and printed particulars had on the premises ; of Air. W a l ton, solicitor, I-ligh-street, ` Yapping, near the London D ocks ; and of Messrs. Ellis and Son, 36, Fenchurch-street. BUILDING MATERIALS, RATCLIFF-HIGHWAY. MESSRS. ELLIS and SON are directed by the Trustees to SELL by AUCTION on the Premises, on -WEDNESDAY, March 28, at Eleven, The whole of the BUILDING MATERIALS of eight dwelling houses and shops, forming the south east earner of Cannon - street and Itateliff-highway, occupying a site of ground 60 feet in front by a hundred feet in depth ; comprising sound brick work, plain and pantiling, lead glitters and pipes, girders, joists and flooring boards, shop fronts, sashes, doors, shutters, stone paving, iron pil lars and bracings, and numerous other materials. To be v i ewe d, and catalogues had two days prior to the sale on the premises; the Globo, Mile-end; the Yorkshire Stingo, Pad dington ; and of Messrs. Ellis and Son, 36, Fenchurch-street. WINDMILL-PLACE, CAMBERWELL. Furniture, 6i-octave Pianoforte, a fine-toned Ebony Flute, by Monzani, a Violoncello and Case, a Tenor, a Pair of 21-inch Globes on Stands, &c. MESSRS. ELLIS and SON are directed to SELL by AUCTION, on the Premises, 9,Windmill-place, Camberwell, on Tun RSDAY, March 15, by direction of the Pro prietor removing, The HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE and EFFECTS; com prising a drawing room suite of ten mahogany chairs, sofa, couch, tables, Brussels carpets, chimney glass, a set of mahogany dining tables, ten and two elbow chairs, a mahogany book-case, music stands, window curtains and brass cornices, four-post bedding, cheval glass, mahogany chests of drawers, wash-hand stand, and the usual bed-chamber furniture a small quantity of china and glass, ',,itchen requisites, fenders and fire-irons, fixtures, including stoves, -or, copper, cistern, blinds, &c. To be viewed on Wednesday preceding the Sale, when catalogues , 5 1 be had on the premises, and of Messrs. Ellis and Son, No. 36, enehurch-street. E STATES of the late B. BRECKNELL, Esq., Lowndes'-terrace, Knightsbridge. MESSRS. ELLIS and SON beg respectfully to acquaint the public, they are directed by the Executors sf th e late B. Brecknell, Esq., to SELL by PIJI3LIC AUC TION, at Garravray's, on WEDNESDAY, March 21, at 12, A Valuable and Important LEASEHOLD ESTATE, being the whole of Lowndes'-terrace, Knightsbridge, comprising nine capital houses, with modern elegant shops, upon several of which very large sums have lately been expended; let on long leases to highly respectable tenants, at rents amounting to 1,134/. Is. per annura ; held under lease from the trustees of W. Lowndes, Esq., for a term of 70 years, from June 24, 1824, at the yearly rent of 18 5/. 13s. 6d., reserved by the lease in distinct portions in respect of each house, viz., eight at 201., and one at 251. 13s. 6d. The premises may be viewed, by leave of the respective tenants, toy time previous to the sale. Printed particulars may be bad, 14 d aYS prior to the sale, of Messrs. Cardale, Cardale, and Iliffe, solicitors, Bedford-row ;at Garrawav's ; and of Messrs. Ellis and 8 (m, 36, Fenchurch-street. . ESTATE of the late B. BRECKNELL, Esq.—Valuable Inuit ¶ rnant of 3501. per annum, Half-moon Inn, Borough of South wark. M ESSRS. ELLIS and SON respectfully ac- . quaint the public, they are directed by the Executors of the ate b. Brecknell, Esq., to SELL by AUCI lON, at Garral,vay's, on WEDNESDAY, March 21, at Twelve, in one lot, A valuable and very desirable LEASEHOLD ESTATE ; com prising that old- es t a bli s h e d an d highly respectable Commercial Inn and Waggon-offiee, the Halfmoon, with coach office, excellent tap, extensive stabling, carriage-honses, and numerous buildings ; ad- I t tuirably s i tuate, in High-street, Southwark, now i n fu ll trade, coma , 'Handing a mos t respecta bl e connec ti on i n th e coun ti es o f Kent and Serrey. Al so ex t ens i ve h op ware h ouses an d p rem i ses a tt a cked, . w ith spa c i ous wars rooms, count i ng- h ouses, an d l arge yar d , w ith every p oss ibl e accommodation for loading and unloading goods. Th e premi ses are held by lease of Jesus College, Cambridge, for 40 years from the 29th of September, 1832, renewable according to - C ustom at 2/. O s . per annum , an d are now un d er l e t on l ease f or 21 Years t o a hi g h ly respectable tenant, at a clear rent of 350/. per annum. To b e v i ewe d b y l eave of the tenant, 14 days pr i or to the sa l e, When p r i nte d particulars may be had ; of Messrs. Cardale, Cardale, and llitre, solieitors, Bedford-row ;of Messrs. Ellis and Son, 36, Pe nchurch-street ; and at Garrawav's. • RSTATRS of the late B. BRECKNELL, Esq., PICCADILLY and the HAYMARKET. ESSRS. ELLIS and SON beg leave respect fully to acquaint the Public that they have been directed by the xeentors of the late B. B rec k ne ll, Esq. , to SELL by -. VI E PUBLIC AUCTION, at Garraway' s , on T UESDA , March 20, at Twelve, A Valuable and Important LEASEHOLD ESTATE, situate on the south side of Piccadilly ; comprising six substantially built capital Leasehold Houses, with handsome modern shops, being Nos. 224, 22i, 226, 227, 225, and 229, Let on Lease at Rents amounting to near 1,0001. per annum ; held. under the Crown, for a term which expires the sth of October, 1882, at the yearly Rent of 98/. 18s. and 15/. Os. 4d., in lieu of Land Tax. Three Excellent LEASEHOLD HOUSES and SHOPS, on the west side of the Haymarket, being Nos. 40, 41, and 42, Let on Lease, at Rents amounting to 3001. per annum ; held under the Crowu for a term of 66 years, from the sth of April, 1803, at the Yearly Rent of 261. per annum. , A Capital HOUSE, with elegant odern SHOP, being No. 39 , on the west side of the Haymarket, Let on Lease at 157/. 10s. P e t' annum. And all those capital and extensive Premises known 4.1 1 ' the L emon T ree St a bl es , wi th an excellent Private Dwelling. °4 ", Let on Lease at a Rent of 375/. per annum ; held with No. x „ i' s under the Crown for a term of 70 years front the sth o f April , "'A, at the yearly Rent of 1261. Also a m RENT CHARGE of 30/. per annum, secur ed upon a l 'essuage in Tichborne.street, Haymarket, for a term of 70 years, commencing April 5, 1796. th l ay be viewed by permission of the tenants any time previous to e Sale. Printed particulars will be ready for delivery 14 days prior the Sale, and may be had of Messrs. Cardale, Cardale, Ltifr e 36 , - L ,_ , solicitors, Bedford-row ; and of 'Messrs. Ellis and Son, e nehureh-street C ---- fttPITAL FREEHOLD WATER-SIDE PREMISES, EX TEN N SIvE GRANARY, AND FREEHOLD LAND , BER MODSEY NEARLY OPPOSITE THE L ONDON D OCKS. ' MESSRS. ELLIS and SON r espectfully an ,f nounce they are directed by the M or t gagee s, under a power Sale, to SELL b y AUCTION , at G arraway ' s, on T HURSD AY, Ali4'l 5, at T we l ve, in Three Lots : w. ot 1. A FREEHOLD substantially erected WAREHOUSE, ettli two floors, 43 feet in depth by 30 feet in width, with good Intver floors, and convenient dwelling-house, being No. 21, Ber r,"dsey-wall, opposite the London Docks, and convenient to the •-nustorn-house, Corn and Coal Exchange; now in the occupation or and on lease to Mr. Adam Glendinniug, at 731. 10s. T er annum. Lot A FREEHOLD newly erected GRANARY, of four aouts, immedi a t e l y opposite the prece di ng , w ith f rontage to t h e wt of 52 feet by 80 feet in depth, contiguous to the water side, at present unfinished, but may be completed in three months at an e x penditur e _ o f 2501., the contract having been entered into by a re retable b u ild er. al . ( . 4 % 8 . A PLOT o f V A LUABLE FREEHOLD GROUND, ‘;:ettiiing east on t h e aforement i one d granar y, w ith f ron t age o f Th e y 30 feet by 30 feet in depth. 14 sever a l prem i ses may be v i ewe d , an d p r i n t e d particulars h a d mor days Prior t o t h e Sale of Messrs. H a ll. Th om p son , an d S ewe ll , ; ch ore, Salter' s -h a ll • o f M r . H a ddon, solicitor, Lime-street .,lollato ; and at Garraway's Coffee-house; and of Messrs. Ellis and ", 36, Fenchurch-street. No. 14,197. TO COUNTRY NEWSPAPER PROPRIETORS. AGENTLEMAN who has filled the Situation of SUB-EDITOR to a PROVINCIAL NEWSPAPER, and who can give respectable references as to his ability and general conduct, is open to the offer of an engagement. Ile is well ac ciaainted with the routine of a Country Establishment, and would undertake the entire " getting-up" of a Newspaper, with the cx exception of the " Leaders." Address (post paid) M. M., Post-office, Manchester. TO LINEN DRAPERS. TO be DISPOSED OF, a READY MONEY BUSINESS, established upwards of twenty years in one of the most fashionable Watering Places in the County of Kent. Fixtures, and the whole, or part, of the Stock to be taken. Particulars from Mr. John Finney, Accountant, &c., 52, Wat ling-street. Letters to be post paid. PRIVATE PUPIL. At_VACANCY for a PUPIL is NOW OPEN in the FAMILY of a MARRIED CLERGYMAN, re residing Eleven Miles from London. He can offer the most satis factory References to Noblemen and Gentlemen whose Sons have been under his care. The number of his Pupils does not exceed five or six. Letters to be addressed to the Roy. R. H., Post Office, Peter sham, Surrey. BIRMINGHAM, BRISTOL, and THAMES JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. Fourth Half-yearly General Meeting of the Proprietors.—At the GENERAL MEETING of the Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction Railway Company, held in pursuance of the Act of Incorporation at the Company's Offices, 1, Robert-street, Adelphi, on Monday, March 12, 1638; HENRY LUARD, Esq., in the Chair; It was unanimously resolved, 1. That the common seal of the Company be affixed to the Register of Proprietors now produced. (The seal was affixed accordingly in the presence of the Meeting. ) 2. That the Report of the Directors now read be received and adopted, and that it be printed, and a copy of it sent to every Proprietor. 3. That the following gentlemen, who go out of office at this Meeting in conformity with the Act of Incorporation, be re-elected Directors of the Company :—J. C. Carpue, Esq. ; George White head, Esq. ; Henry Whitehead, Esq. 4. That the cordial thanks of this Meeting be given to the Di rectors for the able and efficient manner in which they have con ducted the affairs of the Company. HENRY LUARD, Chairman. T HAMES HAVEN DOCK AND RAIL WAY COMPANY. At a numerous attendance of the Proprietors at the Half-yearly General Meeting, held this day, the following Resolutions were moved, seconded, and carried unanimously :- 1. That the Report, as read, be received, printed, and circulated to the Proprietors. 2. That this Meeting do approve of the course hitherto pursued by the Directors, and that they be requested to give their utmost exertions to commence and carry into effect the works of this im portant and most useful undertaking. 3. That the Proprietors do use their utmost individual exertions to assist the Directors in bringing the Dock and Railway into use as early as possible, and that the Gentlemen, Deputation from the Manchester Shareholders, do request the same exertions in their neighbourhood. 4. That the vacancies in the Direction be left to be filled up at the discretion of the Directors themselves, who have so fully proved their interest and care of the Company's affairs. JAMES ESDAILE, Chairman. 5 That the best thanks of the Meeting be given to the Chair man for his ability and urbanity in the day's proceedings. HENRY AMSINCK, Secretary. 6. That the cordial thanks of the Meeting be given in particular to Mr. Amsinck, the Secretary of the Company, for the ability, persevering zeal, and exertions he has always manifested in the un dertaking. JAMES ESDAILE, Chairman. SPERMACETI OIL. THE CORPORATION for PRESERVING and IMPROVING the PORT of DUBLIN, will receive PROPOSALS from persons willing to supply One Hundred and Thirty Tuns of the best SPERMACETI OIL for the use of the IRISH LIGHT HOUSES, to be delivered at their Stores, in Dublin, in well-coopered Casks, not containing more than Fifty Gallons each, the price to be stated per Imperial Gallon. One Gallon to be sent sealed, as a sample, on making the propo sal. Sixty Tuns to be delivered before the Ist day of May, and the remaining Seventy before the Ist day of June next. Proposals to be addressed to the Secretary, Ballast Office, Dub lin, on or before Wednesday, the 28th day of March next, sealed and endorced " Proposal for Oil." Security will be required for the due performance of the Contract, and the necessary Stamp to be provided by the Contractor. By Order, H. VEREKER, Secretary. Ballast Office, Dublin, 27th Feb., 1888. DEAF PERSONS are respectfully informed that Dr. SCOTT'S VOICE CONDUCTORS being placed upon the ears, the wearer is immediately relieved from Deafness. They are so constructed as to be put on and off in an instant, and promote hearing in the same manner as spectacles assist the sight. Apply to Mr. W. Pine, Superintendent at Dr. Scott's Family Dispensary, 369, Strand, three doors ft-am Exeter Hall ;of whom may be also obtained, price ls. 6d. THE REPORT" of the Committee for investigating the effects of certain Candles contain ing Arsenic which every Family should read. PUBLICATIONS. Now ready, price Is., SIR WILLIAM - MOLESWORTH'S SPEECH on the STATE of the COLONIES, in the HOUSE of COMMONS, March 6, 1838. Cooper, Birchin-lane ; Ridgway, Piccadilly ; and all Booksellers. Just published, price 3s. CAN STRICTURES of the URETHRA, however protracted, be SPEEDILY and PERMA NENTLY CURED? Answered in a PRACTICAL TREA TISE on that Disease, wherein is recommended an improved method of treatment, its efficeey being illustrated by numerous highly interesting and important cases. By C. B. COURTENAY, M.D., 42, Great Marlborough-street. Sold by T. Hill, Medical Bookseller, 55, Great Windmill-street : Simpkin and Marshall, Stationers-court ; Onwhyn, Catherine street, gtrand ; Templemain, Regent-stieet ; and all Booksellers in Town or Country. A SPLENDID ROYAL POEM. Now Publishing, THE PAVILION, or BRIGHTON TOY, and Wonder of the Age of George the Fourth ; a Mytho logical, Morally Pindaric, Laudatory, Amusing, and Instructive Poem : containing a more than Twenty Years' Glance at Royalty, ite Court, Appendants, &e., &c. ; including the Gracious and Graceful Visit of our Most Gracious Queen, Victoria the First, to the Lord Mayor's (of London) Civic Banquet, on the 9th of No vember, 1837. By THOMAS HERBERT, Author of the Comedies, " Too Much the Way of the World ;" and " Hydrophobia; or Love Created in Madness ;" " A Brief Sketch of Human Life," &c. &c. &c. Published by J. S. Hodson (West Corner of Poppin's-court) !12, Fleet-street, London, price 2s. 6d. This poem is more than its title page says of it. It is useful and historical, as well as amusing and instructive ; and rendered still more useful, as also entertaining, from the Pindaric, or zaloric part of it ascending to members of the very highest rank of society, who are now on earth no more to feel its keen zaloric effects.— :I. and S., Book Reviewers. PORTSMOUTH.-(TUESDAY.) A Court-martial was held on board her Majesty's shipEni tannin' at Portsmouth, on Monday, the 12th inst., consisting of the following officers—Rear-Admiral the Hon. P. D. Bou verie, President ; Captains Dean Dundas, Britannia ; Thos. Searle, C. 8., Victory ; H. Smith, Volage ; and Thomas Hastings, Excellent, for the trial of the carpenter of her Ma jesty's ship Acteon, for drunkenness. The charge was proved, but, in consideration of the prisoner's long service, and the high character which he had borne previously, the Court did only adjudge him to be dismissed from her Majesty's ship Acteon, and to be reduced to the lowest grade of warrant offi cers of her Majesty's service. The melancholy rumour published in last Saturday's Sun, respecting the supposed loss of her Majesty's schooner Pincher, Lieut. Thomas Hope (a) commanding, has been, we regret to say, unhappily confirmed this day, the unfortu nate Pincher having been discovered by a fishing craft about four miles S. S. `V. of the Owens light vessel, the wreck of her spars skewing above water. We are given to understand that Admiral the Hon. D. P. Bouverie, on receipt of this in formation, immediately despatched some lighters, with officers and men, to ascertain the truth of such report, and if found true, for the purpose of weighing the wreck. It is currently reported that the Pincher, in addition to her own crew, had on board supernumeraries for Portsmouth and Plymouth. The Pincher is one of the three schooners built of cedar at Bermuda in 1826, of about 130 tons burthen. Admiral Sir Philip S. H. Durham, G. C. 8., Port- Admiral at Portsmouth, having obtained leave for a few days, struck his flag at sunset on Sunday evening. The duties will be carried on in his absence by Rear -Admiral the lion. P. D. Bouverie, Superintendent of the Dock-yard. Her Majesty's sloop Lily, 16, Commander Reeve, anchored on Tuesday evening at Spithead, last from Plymouth. We see that the preparations Which have been some time in progress for the establishment of a regular system of steam communication between London and New York are fas' approaching to their completion. The Stlrius is now ready for sea, and will commence her first trip across the Atlantic in days,takin g Laivs End. S evera l e th er steam up passengers at various betweenpthocintcsourse of this a fete and ships, of the most m a g nificent constr uction, are, we understand, all but ready to follo w. The su p eri ority of steam-vessels for the conveyance of passengers is now so fully proved that there can be no doubt whatever of the success of these undertakings. It has been seen with what perfect security and regularity the Bay of Bisca) has been traversed by steamers for many years Past. —Morning Post. I,ONION , WEDN ESDAY EVENING, MARCH 14, 1838. MONEY and COMMERCIAL MARKET. (From the Morning Papers f this Day (Wednesday). Taiga.—An impression is abroad that there is a very great de ficiency in the revenue for the present quarter, now nearly arrived at its termination, and indeed, looking at the circumstances of the country, it can hardly lie otherwise. The long-continued frost has locked up the pert of London, as it were, during several weeks, but this, though an evil of some magnitude, is exceeded by the depressed state of the trade with America, which has di minished, in consequence of the late crisis, in a most extra ordinary degree. This is the more deeply Mt in the mans.. facturing districts front its contrast with the state of un usual activity which preceded it ; and in fact the whole trade of the country may be said, fur the moment, to be in a state of paralysis. This situation of affairs is believed in the City to have placed Mr. Spring Rice in a very awkward dilemma, as the accruing re venue for the quarter has not proved sufficiently large to pay . off the deficiency-bills at the Bank, which by law is required to be done before entering upon a new quarter. To obviate this he seems to have had re course to the expedient which changes the form only, and not the na ture, of the difficulty—namely, that of taking a loan from the Bank of 2,000,000/. The affair is involved, like most of his proceedings, in a good deal of mystery, but it is not easy to put any other construction upon the Act of the 26th of . February last—" to apply the sum of 2,000,000/. to th e service of the year 1838." His difficulties, however, will be materially increased instead of being remedied by it, unless the revenue should materially revive in the next quarter. Among other results this had tended to increase the abundance of money, and that difficulty in good employment for it of which capitalists complain ; for it necessarily fol lows that the less money is paid into the Treasury for duties, the more remains in circulation. Altogether the feeling of the prospects of the country is of a gloomy and desponding nature. By the advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 435 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 101 d. the ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13. 10. ; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London, at short, being 13. 11., it follows that good is 0.46 per cent. lower at Hamburg than in London. The premium on gold at Paris is 9; per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 100. the ounce for standard gold, gives an ex. change of 25. 38. ; and the exchange at Paris on London, at short, being 25. 57i., it follows that gold is 0.78 per cent. lower at Paris than in London. The price of sovereigns at New York is 4 dollars 95 cents, which establishes a par of exchange in paper of 111.37 per cent.; and the course of exchange at New York on London being 106 per cent., it follows that the exchange is 5.37 per cent. against England. POST.—There was a speculative movement in the Foreign Stock Market t•-day, and some descriptions of bonds advanced rather consi. elerably, but the English Funds were flat. The Share Market was also heavy. Consols left off at 922 to 93 for Money, and 93 to A for the Account. Exchequer Bills closed at 635. to his. premium. In the Foreign House Active Spanish Stock, including the unpaid Coupons, was done at 201 to 211, Five per Cent. Portuguese 301 to 31 Three per Cent. ditto at 201 to /, Columbian 2SI t• 29, Mexican 281 to /, Brazilian at 75/ to 76i, Five per Cent. Dutch 102/ to 103, and Two-and-a-Half per Cents. ditto at 52. 3 , to 531. We are at a loss to conceive what strange infatuation has seized upon the Stock Exchange people that they should again have adopted the bankrupt bonds of Spain and Portugal as their favourite medium for speculation. It would be thought that, independently of the late unsatisfactory ad vices received from the capitals"of both countries, morn especially from Lisbon, they would have seen ample reason to set their faces against those miscalled securities. The marriage of the Infante to the young Queen of Spain has been once more put forth as an event likely to take place, but we cannot learn that there is the slightest ground for the indulgence of such an expectation. On the contrary, it is an union to which as a condition to his ascending the Throne of his ancestors, Don Carlos is known to have been always strongly opposed. Something has been said today of a scheme being in contemplation for another amalgamation of the debt, as though any such piece of jugglery could benefit the condition or prospects of the defrauded bondholder. We cannot believe, however, that any change of the nature alluded to is seriously thought of, unless, indeed, the Spanish Government, and those persons who may be acting with them, are to get something by it. That any sympathy should be shown for the unfortnnate stockholder would be contrary to all experience, as far as Spain and Portugal are concerned. We have no objection to the gentlemen of the Stock Ex change imposing these bubbles upon one another to the utmost extent, but we shall omit no opportunity of cautioning our readers against them, so as to protect the pockets as much as possible of parties who are strangers to the practices of the Alley. Spanish and Portuguese Bonds were both done 1 to f per cent. higher to-day. CHRONICLE.—There has been a very considerable amount of money stock purchased within the last day or two, especially for the Scotch Banks, but the Consol Market has nevertheless been rather heavy to day, and the closing quotations are a little lower than yesterday, the price for Money being 92h to 93, and 03 to i t for the Account. Ex chequer Bills, however, remain at 69. s to 645. premium. Business to-day has not been very animated in Shares, but the market altogether continues firm, and the quotations much the same as at the termination of operations yesterday. Birmingham, old, left off at S 3 to 87 premium ; ditto new, 26 to 27 premium ; Southampton, 46 to 47 per share; ditto, new, 20 to 23 premium ; Great Western, 271 to tISI premium; Leeds and Manchester, 15 to 17 premium; Manchester and Birmingham, 3,-; to 34 prem.; Birmingham and Derby, 0 to 1 dis.; Brighton, 3f to f per share ; Blackwall, 51 to 6 per share ; Commercial ditto, 4i to 5 per share ; Croydon, 1 dis. and par; ditto new, 6 to 7 prem.; North Midland, 6 to 7 prem. ; South. Eastern, i dis. and par; Greenwich, 2i to 1 dis. ; and Dublin and Kilkenny 2 to per share. Spanish and Portuguese Securities have both advanced again to-day, and a good deal of business was transacted in them, but no further reason is assigned for it than what we have before stated, namely, that arrangements of a financial nature were now under discussion in reference to both countries. Brazilian has also improved, but Dutch continues rather languid. The exportation of the precious metals from the port of London, for the week ending Saturday last, the 10th instant, consisted, according to the official returns, of only 7,500 ounces of gold coin, which was shipped to New York. HERALD.-Beyond the daily state of the Money Market, we have no_ thing to note of the slightest importance, in consequence of the total absence of all foreign or colonial ;intelligence. Commercial affairs, so far as regards the general state of the manufacturing interests, have not improved; money commands a better rate of interest, although the supply of capital continues to be abundant. The only trade of any moment which has been carried during this season has been with France and a few of the Hanse Towns, which has had the effect of im_ proving the exchanges beti,een this country and Paris, as well as Hare_ burgh. On Paris the rates this afternoon rule at 25f. 87ic. to 25f. 92ic. and on Hamburg at 13 13 to 13.131. On Amsterdam the rates are: not quite so strong, having receded to 12 4i to 12 41- ; on Rotterdam they are quoted at 12 41 to 12 5. From the present state of the exchanges it may be fairly assumed that the commerce between this country and the Continent, limited as it has been this season, that the trade has been of a one-sided character, and consequently against this country. The British Funds have been rather heavier to-day, in consequence of the continuance of large sales of money stock, for the sake of employ_ ing it in commercial speculations, and Console have receded to 921 to 931 money, and 931 time; the New Three and a Half per Cent. Annui ties are 100! to 6 ; Bank Stock is 209 for account; the premium upon Exchequer Bills has advanced to 64 to 65; ou India Bonds, marked, to 63 to 64 ; those unmarked are 10 to 11 premium. KILKENNY. of witnesses, who never varied in their account. The trial occupied a great part of the day, and at eleven o'clock, the Jury, after two hours' deliberation, found the prisoner guilty. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. LEINSTER CIRCUIT, MARCH 10. The Assizes for this county and city commenced yesterday, before Baron FOSTER in the county, and Mr. Justice MOORE in the city courts. The character of this county, differing in no respcct from the generally tranquil state of Ireland, may be collected from the Learned Baron's charge to the Grand Jury. His Lordship began by congratulating the gentry and inhabitants of this county, on the contrast which the present calendar bears to those which he and they had so frequently witnessed on former occasions. That which now lies before me, gentlemen, said he, is exceedingly light ; and the gratifies tion which this circumstance affords must be considerably enhanced, by recollecting what had been the state of this county at a period not very remote. There are only three homicides, one offence in the nature of a Whiteboy offence, a few for stealing cattle, anc some common larce nies and assaults, altogether not more than twenty-eight persons to be tried for offences committed in this large and populous county Silica the last assizes, about eight months ago. There is on every other circuit a similar proof of the diminution of crime, and of the peaceable and tranquil condition to which the people are being brought by the new order of things. But in no part of Ireland is the contrast more striking than in Kilkenny, where, a few years ago, crimes of the mci,t atrocious kind were perpetrated iii LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S-OFFICE, MARCH 12, 1839. Notice is hereby given, with reference to the regulations to be observed at her Majesty's Drawing-room on the sth of April next, that no card for a presentation, on that day, can be received at this Office, on any account whatever, after four o'clock on:Monday, the 2d of April. DOWNING-STREET, AlAr.cn 13. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Captain Sir John Gordon Sinclair, Bart. RN., to be Captain of the Pert of Gibraltar. The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Turnbull, Esq., to be Secretary of the Island of Trinidad. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Thornton Warner, Esq. o be Escribano of the Courts of Justice in the Island of Trinidad. Commissions signed by Lords Lieutenant. County of Durham—F. Horn, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. Warwickshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Lieut. G. Chetwynd to be Captain, vice Dilke, deceased; Cornet the Hon. J. Hewitt to be Lieutenant, vice Chetwynd, promoted; John Boultbee, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Hewitt, promoted. DECLARATIONS ,OF INSOLVENCY. JOSEPH COX, timber-morl'hant, Chester. JONAS STEAD, cloth-manufacturer, Armley, Leeds. THOMAS ANDREW, licensed victualler, Moor-street, Soho. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. GEORGE CALTHORPE, merehant, Spalding, Lincolnshire. BANKRUPTS. JOHNSON HAYWARD BEAK, wine-merchant, Cheltenham, to surrender March 28 and April 24, at four, at the Royal Hotel, Cheltenham. Gaby, Bath ' • Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bedford-row, London. JOHN DAWSON, EDMUND BUTTERWORTH, and JAMES BUTTERWORTH, calico-printers, Rochdale, March 24 and April 24, at ten, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manches ter. Willis, Brewer, and Willis, Tokenhouse-yard, Lothbury, Ltindon ; Johnson, Manchester. GEORGE HALSTEAD, cotton-spinner, Colne, Lancashire, March 31, at eleven, at the King's Head Inn, Colne; and April 24, at ten, at the Bull Inn, Burnley. Johnson, Son, and Wetherall, Temple, London ; Bagshaw and Stevenson, Man ch ,ester. DAVID ILLINGWORTFI, heald-yarn-manufacturer, Keigh iey, Yorkshire, March 30, at twelve, and April 24, at two, at the Devonshire Arms Inn, Keighley. Smith, Chancery-lane, Lon don ; Hall, Keighley. SARAH SADD and THOMAS SADD, grocers, Beccles, Suffolk, March 22, and April 24, at eleven, at the King's Head Inn, Beccles. Bromley, South-square, Gray's Inn, London ; Bohun and Rix, Beccles. JOHN ROGERS, hop-merchant, Manchester, April 7 and 24, at three, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. Hampson, Manchester; Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bed ford-row, London. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. Ford, ironfounder, Fieldgate-street, Whitechapel, April 3, at half-past one--T. Wood and J. Dowden, cabinet makers, Ports mouth, April 5, at half-past twelve—R. Lee and Co., bankers, Lombard-street, April 3, at two—S. Symonds, Blackwell Hall factor, Basinghall-street, April 4, at two—R. R. Chubb. seeds man, Nevrgate-street, at one—J. and R. Williams, coppersmiths, Houndsditch, April 4, at two-17. Johnston and W. Bevern, tailors, Panton-strect, Haymarket, April 14, at twelve—J. Morri son and W. Stone, winemerehants, Harp-lane, Tower-street, April 4, at eleven—B. and R. Wallis, shipbuilders, Blackwall, Middlesex April 4, at eleven—J. Clark, lentist, Keppel-street, Bloomsbury, April 4, at eleven—S. Pott, glass dealers, Edmonton, Middlesex, April 2, at one—J. Ward, baker, Woolwich, April 3, at twelve— W. Nayler, glass manufacturer, Mortimer-street, Cavendish-square, April 5, at one--J. H. Rene, builder, Goswell-street, April 5, at half-past eleven—P. J. Harrison, jun., stationer, King's-place, Commercial-road, April 1, at twelve—W. Pissey, draper, Ray leigh, Essex, April 5, at eleven. In the Country. R. Turner, farmer, 011erton, Nottinghamshire, April 6, at the White Hart Inn, East Retford—J. Mitchell, mercer, Portsmouth, April 21, at twelve, at the Fountain Inn, Portsmouth—G. Lillie and J. Patterson, merchants, Liverpool, April 16, at one, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool—F. Newton, silkmercer, Norwich, May 16, at nine, at the Rampant Horse Inn, Norwich—T. Cave, jun., and J. C. Barton, lace manufacturers, Nottingham, April 10, at eleven, at the George the Fourth Inn, Nottingham—E. R. Kett, chemist, Oxford, April 12, at twelve, at the Mitre Inn, Ox ford—J. E. Harrison, hatter, Nottingham, April 9, at ten, at the George the Fourth Inn , Notti n g ham—T. W y att, baker, Oxford, ick k o p u ri 0 1_12 e , 0 r t , e n a e t a the in Mitre e Priors, lan, Warwickshire,r Oxford—J. J. A Hayward,prl 5, a l i o dg dg- , twelve, at the Lansdowne Hotel, Leamington Priors—J. Threlfall, currier, Preston, April 9, at eleven, at the Town Hall, Preston— W. E. Burgess, draper, Llanelly, Carmarthonshire, April 3, at twelve, at the Mackworth Arms, Swansea—J. Townsend, plumber, Liverpool, April 11, at one, at the Clarendon Rocms, Liverpool. CERTIFICATES,i APRIL 3. W. Butt, grocer, Ledbury, Herefordshire—P. Hughes, brewer, Edge-hill, Liverpool--J. i\iaguire, merchant, Liverpool—W. and W. Walker, drapers, Knaresborough, Yorkshire—D. Johnson, druggist, Birmingham—J. E. Dumont and F. Von Ellrodt, mer chants, Liverpool—J. Ogden, hat manufacturer, Oldham, Lanca shire—J. R. Hughes, cigar vender, Oxford—N. Lee, stockbroker, Bristol—J. Johnson, flour dealer, Liverpool—W. Bower, cotton ' spinner Lovenshulme, Manchester—J. Mainprice, victualler, So ham, Cambridgeshire—J. Speden, spirit dealer, North Shields, Northumberland—E. and C. Haines, linendrapers, Gloucester-- W. Pleace, victualler, Bristol—R. Cornes, ironmonger, Aston under-Lyne, Lancashire—J. Yeates, brewer, Brighton. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Holt and Co., glass manufacturers, Liverpool—H. Watts, and 11. H. Watts, jewellers, Christchurch, Hampshire—P. Stuart and W. Taylor, coopers, Liverpool—T. Marshall and J. G. Langman, woollen drapers, St. Columb, Cornwall—W. Beall and J. Beall, Tenterden, Kent—E. Furness and W. Elliott, boot and shoe makers, Bedford-street, Bedford-row—R. Lake and T. Grieve, tea and coffee dealers, Haltwhistle, Northumberland—J. Watson, and E. Dawson. lineudrapers, Hyde, Cheshire—W. S. Dorsett and T. Walton, nail m anufacturers, West Bromwich, Staffordshire-- W. M , Haffie and Co., calico printers, Manchester.—J. S. Smith and H. Winstanley, attorneys, Copthall-court, City—Donald Mac donald and Co., Clement's-lane, London and Aberdeen, North Britain, preservers of fresh provisions, (as far as regards Donald Mac douald)—E Briggs, jun. ,and Co.,woolstaplers,Maidstone, Kent-_J. Udall and Sons, morcer s, Edmonton, Middlesex—T. Devas sa d C o. J . M onte ith and Co., engineers, Liverpool—E. Holwell and B. Hol well, confectioners, Blackman-street, Newington—A. Cort and Co., cotton spinn ers, Blackburn, Lancashire—T. Ste venson and Co., drapers, L ou ghborough, Leicestershire. open day. There was the Carrigshock massacre—the murder of Mr. Leonard on the highway, and almost in presence of the Judges of As. size, on their journey from Wexford Waterford—not to mention the various other outrages, rendering it unsafe for the public stages to tra vel. The change is felt and commented upon, by every class and colour of politicians; and I think I do not exaggerate or misrepresent public opinion, in stating that it was yesterday universally admitted, that the recurrence of a Tory Government would endanger this happy state of timings. This, I know, has been frequently asserted in Parliament and elsewhere; and the only novelty or addition which I can impart to the statement is, that very few of the numerous Conservatives now assent• bled here, did yesterday negative the proposition already stated-- namely, that such a state of things could not exist in Kilkenny, under a Tory regime. It aas not denied while the fate of the present Minis try seemed trembling in the balance, pending the arrival of the intelli gence of the result of Lord Sandon's amendment. Much less disposed are the faction now to deny the existence of a state of things, which is proveable by facts so incontrovortable,* There is very little business of any kind to be transacted at this Assizes either in the county or the city. The following which was tried yesterday in the county court, is the only case of public interest. REGINA V. CLEART. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) 11 fax ; Vestal,A Angus, DzAL, Martell l3.—Wind S.W., fresh breeze.—Came down from tile river, and remains, the Stormont, Isbister, for Demerara ; Redman, Flint, for Trinidad; William Gale, Solly, for New-York ; Bromleys, Mosey, for Bermuda ; Mary Laing, Lawrence, for Havannah ; St. Hilda, Smith, for Knox, for the Cape of Good Hope ; Newton, for Cadiz ; Castor, for Cadiz; Surprise, Hill, for the South Seas ; Susannah, Howell, for Ha- Shaven, for Hondu ras; Caleb 13arbadocs. Pott-rsnotrru, MARCH 13.—Wind W.SW., hazy.—Arrived the John Fl em ing, Rose, from London, for Madras and Bengal ; Amelia, Miller, pilot came in last night and reported to the Admiral coin_ Volage, for Ply_ ne-ncl;iict he had discovered her Majesty's schooner Pincher (for her Majesty's brig Lily, .niDAarner, for /atone ; and her Majesty's shi p from init,ilo:o:dt i ß i f , whose safety con siderable fears have been entertai ned since she was last seen in company with her Majesty's ship VolaAe in a heavy squall off the Owers on Tuesday night last), sunk in about fifteen fathoms' water, five miles S.S. W. of the Owers. It appears the j aws o f t h e ma i n boom, the jaw r o p e having given way, floated above water, the boom being confined by the main sheet. It is feared all the crew most have per i s h e d. Vessels fr om the Dock-yard have go ne t o examine her state. PLYMOUTH, 1\1 , 1w ,, 12.—Wind S.W.—Arri ve d th e Royal William (steamer), from Dublin ; Juno (steamer), from London. Sailed her F ALMO UTH, MACCU 12.—Wind variable, li g ht b reezes, and fine.— A rr i v ed the Sarah, J ones, from Sligo, with los s of bulwarks and boat stove; Ballinasloe (st eamer), front London. S a il e d th e N apo l eon, Majesty's Portsmoutht' ri;g Lilly, for Portsmouth ; her Majesty' s b r i g Ath o l , f or Dumfries, Thomson, for Rotterdam. Childs, for Patinas ; Braganza (steamer), M`Leod, for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar; Danube, Marshall, for Lisbon. LINERPOOL, Meacu 13.—Wind S.W., moderate.—Arrived the Bootle, Wilson, from Porto Cabello ; Le Roi Hamedon, Dumont, from Senegal and Nantes. Sailed the Vv*illermont, Smith, from Africa. DuaList, Naomi 12.—Arrived the City of Limerick (steamer), from London. This was an indictment for that the prisoner had on the 17th of Sep tember last, murdered a young man, his fellow-labourer, and companion in the lower part of the county, near to the city of Waterford. The evidence was altogether circumstantial. It appeared that on the day mentioned the prisoner was seen in company with the deceased , whose name was Noonan, about six o'clock in the evening, near the pace where the body was found a week after. He was heard to say de ceased was more discreet than himself, for he (the deceased) had not spent his money as he had done ; that at a later hour that evening Pri soner called to his washerwoman for a clean shirt ; and instead of leaving the dirty one, as he was in the habit of doing, he took it to a neighbouring woman, half washed, but still retaining marks of blood• The latter woman also deposed to seeing blood on his dress, which he Accounted for by showing his fingers, that were cut, as he said, by a reaping -hook, in an affray with the deceased and some other men. The prisoner had also three half-crowns in his possession in the latter part of the evening, and sent some of the women already mentioned to pur chase whiskey. He was quite wet, particularly as to the rawer parts of his dress, and contradicted himself in accounting for it. The body was found in a stream of water about five yards from a spot on which was dis ;•overed about a pint of coagulated blood, in a hole covered wall a stone, an which stone there was also marks of blood and clotted hair. There wa s a razor without a handle found on the spot. The body, when .and, had the jaw -bone broken, and severed front the head, much 0' the flesh of the face and neck cut or torn off, and a gash upon one of the thighs, which appeared to have been inflicted by some sharp instru ment like a razor. These facts were all deposed to by a great number WATERFORD, MAEca 11.—Arrived Alexander, Nichols, Lnndon, * Considerable apprehension for the fate of the Governmo, •,vas felt here a day or two since, till the arrival of an Express edition Mr. Rastrick has tions are making, under his direction, for the sinking of three shafts on the line between London and this place, with the view to ascertain exactly the nature of the sub-strata, in order that tenders for cont rac t s ma y b e i ssue d.—B r i g h ton P atr i o t. - Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle enlarged, and no additional charge—Price Fivepence. On Sunday, March , sth, the promised enlargement of Bell's Life in London will take place, thereby affording additional scope for the extension of its Miscellaneous as well as Sporting In telligence. Extraordinary efforts will be made, by the employ ment of competent correspondents, to procure the most accu rate accounts of the approaching Coursing Meetings . in all parts of the kingdom—Steeple Chaces—Hunting exploits, and every event interesting to the Sporting world—while, in the Racing depart ment, t h e hi g h reputat i on an d acc uracy of this widely circulated Journal, will be fully sustained. Orders received by every News Agent in the United Kingdom. Sport ing Advertisements of Coursing Meetings, Steeple Chaces, Race Meetings, &c.. must 133 sent to the Office on or before , he Friday previous to publication—a rule also applicable to the Sporting communications of our friends. Price of Bell's Life in /,on(iisei, five pence. Office, No, 170, Strand, where can be had for threepence each, together er separate, parts 1, 2,3, 4 . , and 5, of the Gallery of Corniealities ; the 5 parts contain 438 c om i c woo d- cu t s , th e cos t o f w hich, designing. and engravi ng , excee d e d two t h ousan d p oun d s —near two millions have b een so ld— never ou t o f pr i n t. P a rt 6of the G . allery of Cornicalities, price threepence only, will bo pub lished at No. 170, Strand, on the 30th of April. Any of the Parts taken back, and the cost price of twopence each returned, before Jan. 1, 1339. - Placards for shop windows. At the Kensington petty sessions yesterday, Hannah) NVarne an d M ary Ann B reton, w h o h ave b een i n cus t o dy since Saturday last on suspicion of having been concerned in a most extensive robb er y of gold, notes, watches, jewellery, &c., committed on the previous night at the house of a lady, named Whittingliam, No. 34, Brompton-row, were again exa mined, but the evidence being inconclusive against them, they were discharged. of The Sun on Saturday morning removed all fears on the subject. It ,vas remarkable, however, that the more intelligent Tories Letrayed no very sanguine expectations. PRICE sd. NEGRO APPRENTICESHIP. GREAT MEETING-(THIS DAY.) A public meeting, unequalled in numbers and respectability (for an in-door meeting), was this day held at Exeter Hall, for the purpose of petitioning Parliament for the abolition of Negro Apprenticeship. It had been announced that Lord Brougham would take the chair at eleven o'clock, and long be fore the doors were opened, a considerable crowd of most respect able persons, raostly ladies, was collected before the entrance. The doors were opened at half-past nine, and by ten the great Hall, which, before the galleries were built, was calculated to hold conveniently 4,000 people seated, was crowded to ex cess. There were not less than 5,000 present, and many hun dreds went away unable to obtain an entrance. For hours after the room had been literally crammed, the crowds of per sons endeavouring to force their way in, and of others with equal difficulty forcing their way out, were flowing to and fro, along the avenues and approaches. The greatest discontent was expressed by the disappointed hundreds, amongst whom the ladies, whose tickets failed to make way for them, were by no means the least loud in their complaints. To appease them, they were assured of another meeting on the same subject, and with the same Chairman, in a day or two, and we were told that the Committee had it for some time in contemplation to open another room for the accommodation of those who could not obtain access to the hall. We cannot avoid complaining of the neglect of accom modation which was annoying in the extreme ; and when application was made to permit some of the Reporters to take places on the platform, as there was not standing room for half those who attended in the little box into which they were crammed, they were politely told by a Mr. Wilson, of Nottingham, the only person on the platform who seemed to take part in the arrangement, that he did not believe they were all Reporters, but that they wanted room for their friends. Certainly this person has as little knowledge of their respectability as of their numbers, and the arduous nature of their duty. On the platform we observed Mr. Baines, M. P., Mr. Gillon, M. P., Mr. Scholefield, M. P., the Chinese student, Choo-tik-lay, and the celebrated Missionary and Linguist whom he accompanied to England ; Capt. Harvard, the Rev. Drs. Heugh, Cox, Styles, &c. ; the Rev. Mr. Burnet, and a great number of the most eminent Dissenting ministers. The advertisement had stated that the Chair would be taken at eleven o'clock, and at half-past eleven the impatience of the meeting- began to be loudly expressed, when it was announced that Lord Brougham bad arrived, and had been for some time endeavouring to make his way up the stairs which were still crowded with vast numbers who could not be persuaded there was no room. At a quarter before twelve his Lordship, accompanied by his lady and the Hon. Miss Brougham, ap peared on the platform, and was greeted with the most en thusiastic applause which lasted several minutes. On taking the Chair, Lord.Beouonam said—The last time that I met my fellow citizens in this great metropolis, and indeed at any public meeting whatever, we were brought together on the same occasion, which assemble you in such prodigious multitudes this day—( Loud cheers)—and the reason why that was the last time, and why I have abstained for the last three years from attending assemblages of the people of England, has been partly no doubt, an interval of ill health, but chiefly that during the rest of those three years, I did not conceive that it was consistent with those judicial duties which occupied the greater portion of my time to attend those assemblies which it is the right of the people to hold, and the duty of statesmen to attend to. (Loud cheers.) I have always been one of those who maintained that right on the part of the people, and have exercised that duty on the part of the statesman.—( Repeated cheering.) For it is at public meetings that the principles of the Constitution and humanity and sound policy are best disclosed. It is at public meetings that the feelings as well as the opinions of the people are ex pressed, and it is at these that the all-powerful will of the people is made known to their rulers. Therefore it is that I used formerly from time to time to frequent such assemblies, although I felt that during thirty years passed in public life, yet I have recently seen it said, with many other things just as true, and not more false—(Cheers and laughter)—that I constantly passed my time at public meetings ; and I made the observation, that during those thirty years, excepting only meetings necessarily incident to pub eleetious, I never attended meetings even on Slavery itself, more than two in three yeaas. This happened not from principle, net from inclination, but from an accidental reason—front my being occupied in the unremitting pursuit of a laborious profession.—( Loud cheers.) So much for misre presentation—( A laugh)—a misrepresentation which I con sign to the same vault—and it must be a large one—in which so many falsehoods are wont to be propagated, not on me alone, but upon all men who mingle in State affairs. There is no one question on which—against men and masses of men —more constant, more unremitting, more foul, more false, representations—representations more contrary to the fact —than upon all that relates to slavery and the Slave-trade. - Vehement cries of " Hear, hear, hear.) There is one mat ter of congratulation, no doubt, in reflecting on our case at the present moment—no doubt coupled, combined, and compared with other circumstances to which I shall presently advert— that we are constantly making progress, and in any one year which can be named we have been constantly approaching the goal.—( Great cheering. )—We first abolished, or thought we had abolished—(Cheers)—the execrable African Slave-trade. We then abolished, cr thought that we had abolished, slavery itself—( Cheering)—but now we find that the " transition state," as it is called, is only slavery under another name. —( Cheers.) And though it be but slavery under disguise, and a very flimsy disguise, nevertheless it is better than slavery, in this respect, that the cart whip is abolished ; and when I state that, I give the beginning, the middle, and the end of the whole that we have gained by the Act of 1833.—( Cbeeis.) The negro no longer works under the stimulus of the whip ; he works according to a stern and iniquitous law if you will, and a law which we meet this day to help onwards in its pro gress to destruction with the African slave trade which we thought had been abolished.—( Cheers.) But there is an : embittering reflection which I cannot for a moment shut out, from my eyes or discard from my mind. Thirty years ago, in 1808, the slave trade, as regarded England and her colonies, was by Act of Parliament put down ; thirty years afterwards it is our fate to struggle against that accursed slave trade, when we thought we had to grapple only with slavery—( Hear) —and the Order in Council, which is persisted in by the Go vernment in favour of the planters—which planters are not satisfied with having gained 20,000,000/. of the people's money, not only for nothing, but for less than nothing—because their estates are now worth more yearly value than they were be fore. Not content with this, they insist upon sending over cargoes of Asiatic and African labourers, as they call them— as I call them more plainly and honestly, slaves—( Loud cheering)—to meet the unfortunate negro in competition for wages, and to lower to nothing the earnings of the sweat of that negroc's broes--(loud cheering)—and thus the slave trade, which had completely desolated the western coast, is now to be extended to the eastern coast of Africa, and to the harmless, innoffensive natives of Asia, as if it were not enough that one continent had been laid waste by the pest.—(Loud cheers.) This was pointed out to the Government seven or eight weeks back. I warned them of the course they were taking. I told them that if they would withdraw the Order, I would not taunt them with having issued it. lam sure it was issued in ignorance. I be lieve it was not issued with a wilful design of continuing the slave trade, but the error once committed, they ought to have lost no time in retracing their steps.—( Cheers ) Instead of which, to the dismay of their friends—to the delight of their enemies —to the astonishment of all disinterested bystanders, they clung to the Order as if it were one of justice, of charity, and mercy. —( Loud cheers.) It is my bounden duty to state, that I was supported in the House of Lords by the most able men on both sides of the Mouse—(Cheers)—and I still an xiously hope, that the system will speedily be stifled in its cradle.—(Cheers.) Now, let me say a word or two as to the more immediate object of this vast assembly. Don't let any one tell you that this is a question of difficulty, or of detail—that it requires investigation or inquiry.—( Hear, hear. ) The facts are " plain as path to Parish Church."----( Cheers. In 1833, we beheld the Negro, by the greatest corrupter of human character—the direct enemy of human na ture, which Providence has for mysterious ends permitted to ravage the intellect and the virtue of mankind -I mean slavery, and the worst form of slavery, \lest India slavery—the effect of which had been to denaturalize—if I must coin a word, for what the language of former ages could have no expression, because they knew not the thing—to de naturalize the character of these poor Africans, so as to make It impossible to expect that by the mere force of an Act of Parliament making them free, they should be enabled to assume the habits of industry, and to work for wages in the absence of the stimulus supplied by the cart whip—and, therefore, we reluctantly agreed—no one more reluctantly than myself, to a transition state which should be undergone by them—we little dreaming that we should find the planters and the co lonial assemblies determined, not only not to back our plan and to expedite emancipation, as was expected, but to thwart us in every way.—( Loud cheers ) Only in two co lenies—two noble and wise colonies, whom I name to their immortal honour, Antigua and Bermuda—was the experiment made to rely upon the provisions of the Act upon which we have lavished 20,000,000/.—( Loud cheers.) Now, then, a question rests on this single sentence. If, in 1833, we knew all we know in 1838, would any man living dare to propose one hour's continuance of the negro's appren ticeship Vehement cheering, and cries of " No, no.") I say not one-sixtieth part of an hour—not one minute. This is a question I have asked in my place in Parliament, and I have been met by antagonists where I had not expected to find t h e m ; I have been met by the whole influence of the Govern ment—[Some interruption here t oo k p l ace, f rom t h e e ff orts of the crowd outside endeavou r i ng to f orce t h e i r way i nto the hall, which was at the time completely filled. Lord Brougham observed that these who had not been in time to procure a place had better re ti re , as i t was qu i te certa i n t h at the meeting would be adjourned, and he would have the honour and pleasure of meeting them all again to-morrow morning. This announcement was received with great cheer. ing.l The rent , and Learned Lord then resumed. Our whole case rests on that question. Nobody can say that the negro slave might not safely for himself, and for every one else, have been emancipated on the Ist of August, 1834. No man can say that, much more, on the Ist August, 1838, he might not be emancipated. He has had four years of that transition state, anti it was unnecessary for hint to have had four days of it.—( Cheers.) Antigua and Bermuda proved that to a demenstration ; and what is the nastier I received ? " Don't you know that in Jamaica, where there are maroonings and high mountains to which the slaves had run assay, in Antigua and Bermuda they have nut these means of escape, and we cannot be sure that they will not run away when we emanci pate them." Run away front what ?—( Hear, hear.) From liberty?_—( Vehement cheering.) Do they suppose that the negroes arc as silly as themselves—bent down by the yoke of slavery—made dull by oppression, crippled in his mind as in his body—in his feeling as in his senses by that chain which he has dragged with a patience unexampled in the history of human beings ; his intellect is nevertheless a thousand times clearer than those who have treated them in the manner that has been described.—(Hear, hear, hear.) Their argu ment, and the only one I have ever heard, is, that although in Antigua, where there is no room they may not be able to escape, and therefore it is safe to emancipate them ; yet in Jamaica where there is a means of escape they are likely to run away. When? why ? and for what ? The moment they are made free, they are sure to run away—those who had never run away from slavery.—(Great cheering.) I really must say, and I complain of it, that in all the efforts I have made both in doors and out of doors, I have had to meet and confront in conflict all the influence a liberal Govern ment could bring against me. (Cheers, and cries of shame.) I complain of it—l lament it, and I have bitterly felt its consequences ; but for that we should have carried our point—but for that the slave's fetters would have dropped off on the first of August 1838. But of one thing I have no rea son (and it is but candid and fair to our antagonists to state it)—of one thing I have no title to complain-1 have no right to complain of the strength of the arguments brought by them against me—(Laughter and cheering)—of the influence cf knowledge, which is said to be power, and, if so, I have met wholly impotent antagonists.—( Hear, hear.) With the force of reasoning, or even the force of fancy, I have had nothing to contend. A set of weaker--( Hear, hear)—more respectable—(Laughter)—more impotent—( Renewed laugh ter) —more well-meaning, more laughably ludicrous, more ridiculous and feeble antagonists I have never yet had the lot to conflict with on ally subject, in any place, in Parliament or out of doors. —(Great cheering.) Now, then, how stands the account with the planters? We gave them twenty mil lions sterling, expecting that they would lose by the change— that it would injure their revenues and lower the value of their estates. Has it done so ?—(Cries of " No, no.") It has increased the value of their estates. Although I have asked that question, 1 have got no answer to it, for it is un answerable. Though during the next two years, which is all we pray for, viz., instead of from. Ist of August, 1840, to have them emancipated on the Ist of August, 1838, though during those two years there should be a loss to the planters, unless that loss exceeded twenty millions sterling, we have a right to it, for they have got their twenty millions.—( Cheers ) No body aasvvers that question, and nobody attempts to do it ; why, then, should we give them the apprenticeship system for six years at the time we paid them twenty millions? Not that they had any right to it. 1 have seen it stated in a journal which purports to give a conversation between a slave-owner and an Abolitionist, that the Colonial Secretary, is at fault. I shall say nothing about the Colonial Secretary —personally he is a most amiable and respectable man, but he is a tool in the hands of a certain party, and with that party we conflict.— ( Cheers.) With hint all his Colleagues take a part, and nothing could be more ranklingly unjust than to bestow all the blame upon him—there is plenty for all—(much laughter)— and it ought to be divided between him and all his Colleagues in rateable and just proportions..—(Cheers.) What is the answer that I have received ? They admit that the negro will work for hire—that the experiment has succeeded where it has been tried, viz., that after working the 45i hours per week for his master, they admit that the apprentice is ready to work for wages over hours for whoever will pay him, and that in Antigua and Bermuda the work is perforated as well and as cheaply as in ally other part of the West India Islands ; because, instead of the expenses of the plantations being 1,300/. as they were previous to the Emancipation Act of 1834, they were now only 8001., 5001. out of the 1,300/. being saved by the difference between voluntary and slave labour. This is admitted by those men, because they cannot deny it... ( Cheers.) What is the consequence? If we had known all this in 1833, should we ever have dreamt of six years of negro apprenticeship? No such thing, because we had given twenty nellions, which we perhaps should not have given—but we had given that as an insurance against all possible hazard : and the twenty millions was on account not of the planters' interest, but of the negro's interest, because they admit that they have no right to keep them a single hour in chains after he was fit to be free. It is admitted that he can work for air e _it is admitted he is peaceful as freemen—it is admitted we have no right to keep hint in chains for an instant, after he becomes a peaceful subject, and a free, industrious labourer ; therefore I ask what right have we to keep him one hour, aye, one minute longer now that we know these facts—( Cheers)_. which, if we had known late in 1833, no power or, earth could have extorted either from the Government of that day, or from the people of England—such a sound as negro inden tured apprenticeship.—( Cheers.) Now I have shortly stated the case, but though the statement is short, it is perfectly suf ficient ; not a word more is required. It is a question of right, and what is the answer to all this ? Oh, the interest of the planter is to be looked to. I totally deny it. —( Hear, and loud cheering.) The interest of the planter has been too much looked to already. He has had twenty millions of money for nothing, and he has had four years of indentured apprenticeship for nothing. The interest of the negro is to be looked to, and only the interest of the negro.— ( Cheers.) It is a question of right—it is not a question of policy—it is a question of strict, rigorous, accurate right, and the negro is wronged if he is kept longer out of it.—( Cheers.) I think we are now touching upon the extremity of this long chain—this long chain which he has dragged—as I already said, and I am sure said justly—more than mercVully, but with rigorous justice, has dragged with a degree of patience, long suffering, and forbearance, which no race of human beings, except the negro were capable of sheaving. I believe it to be the most patient, the most peaceful, the most long suffei ing of all the races of the children of men..—( Cheers. ) Every evidence of old time, every evidence of the present day, all the testimony even of his adversaries and his oppres sors, and his revilers, result in this proposition. Now, then, let us hope that the reign of justice is about to commence, and if the reign of her Majesty had begun with some such act as I have now hinted at, being recommended to the Legisla ture, and if it has not begun by the very first Order in Council which that illustrious Princess in her total ignorance of the sub ject, of course, was to pass when she came to the throne, being an Order in Council for reviving the African slave trade—if instead of that, treaties had been made with those powers which still devastate that continent with their Slave-trade— the Portuguese, who carry 40,000 negroes a-year—the Spaniards, who carry upwards of 30,000—if such treaties had been made with those foreign powers, as should have put down that pest and that crime—and if emancipation, only due, it is said, in 1840, should be accelerated to 1838, I should have had better hopes, under Providence, of the successes and glories of this reign.—( Cheers.) But I still venture to hope that it is not too late—( Continued cheering)—and if the cry which has gone up to her Majesty of 500,000 of her white sisters—( Cheers)—in their petition lately pre sented to the Throne, and which was signed by that number of our countrywomen in behalf of their sisters and their brothersi now in chains—if that shall bend the Royal mind, and if the voice of the people, which alone can bend the minds of politicians—(Continued cheering)— shall produce its due influence upon the Councillors of that Sovereign, then I may venture to hope, that by deserving, she and they will obtain the gracious dispensations of a wise and merciful Providence. If that should happen, then none of us have lived in vain ; and above all, those venerable persons who are still permitted to adorn and to strengthen the cause of humanity in this world—l mean such men as William. Allen, whom we all know and love—(Cheers)—end Thomas Clarkson,--(Cheers)—who was the very beginning of this struggle against slavery and the slave trade, and who it was that first pointed the attention of the people of England, and I may say of the whole world upon that monstrous iniquity. Ile miry be said, notwithstanding the perils by which his earlier course was surrounded, and notwithstanding the sufferings which have awaited him in his maturer years, and notwithstanding those severe losses in 11;s family by which his cup had been embittered, arid his breast has been torn, and hie later evenings of life has heen clouded, he will still be found to rejoice in having lived—in having been suffered to exist to see the ultimate fruit of his philan thropic labours. —( Cheers. ) " As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale aad midway leaves the storm, Tho' round it's breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on it's head." The Noble Lord resumed his seat amidst the most en'lmsiastie cheers. The Rev. Mr. BUNTING then came forward, Co . ,- the purpose of stating that he had received letters contain'.ng expressions either of kind acquiescence in the object of the meeting, or great regret that ill-health or Parliamentary duties had pre veted them from attending, from Sir E. \Vilinot, Sir M. Wood, the Right Hon. Sir P. Shaw, Sir E. Strickland, Mr. Plump tre, Lord Dudley Stuart, and Mr. Ward. He had also re ceived similar letters from the Rev. Hugh VNiel and the Rev. Hugh Stowell.—(Cheers.) WILLIAM ALLEN, Esq., then came forward, amid much cheering, to propose the first resolution, He could assure that respectable audience that nothing bu' an imperative sense of duty would have led him to expose hirfself to the meeting that day. If he had been at all conseice;,s of what the Chairman bad been about to utter with resr,ect to him he thought he should have shrunk from appeari•,ig before them He could not, however, refrain from ge,ir.g his feeble support, such as it was, to the exertions of the Noble Chairman, who, from the beginning of this great struggle, more than thirty years ago, he had always sum pleading the cause of the African. —( Cheers.) If the. Act passed by the British Parliament at the time the 20,000,000/. was paid for the emancipation of the negroes, if that act had been righteously adhered to in the Colonies, slavery would have been at an end. Though at the time that Act was passed, they deplored the article of negro apprenticeship, yet their hope vas that the system could not be carried on. Unfortunately, however, that Clause had worked, and worked badly, and all the efforts of indivi duals to prevent it so working, had been ineffectual.—[Here Mr. O'Connell entered the meeting and was received with the most enthusiastic cheering, which lasted for some minutes.]-_ After order had been in some measure restored, Mr. Allen proceeded. He would not detain the meeting with many more observations because he was very well assured, that those that were to follow him, were a thousand ti.nes better calculated to further the great and noble cause, they were met to advance. He felt convinced that it would be ia vain for the